Mop



A. HARRIS.

MOP..

APPLICATION FILED lMov. 54921.

1,430,988., l Patented oct. 3, 1922;,`

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` MOP.

Application filed November T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, .Avn llinms, citizen o: the United States, residing`the city ot Cincinnati, in the county ot ,flaniilton and State ot Uhio,have invented certain new and useful linprovenients in ltlops el' "whichthe following a specilisation.

The object-ot niy invention to provide a cheep, siniple and highlyel'lieie t inop device, in which the handle and the inop port are unitedin n unique manner.

By using iny invention, l ani enabled to assemble the parts which tornithe niop quickly and satisfactorily, and it the handle or the lnopbecomes broken, l can replace it readily, and if the strands Which fornithe mop become Worn and need replacement, l can place a ner? niop uponthe handle, in either case overcoming the neeessity ot purchasing a nenTniop.

ln my neiv mop, the handle and niop part are united together in a mannerto torni a tight joint, `which will he et a j nature and not becomeshaky or uohhlef retain uniform and serriceahle condition,

lts Ytee-tures and advantages VYill readily heroine :iijlparent tronithe following; speellications lin the accompanying; drawing 'forming apart of this speeiiieation:

l.A ic an assembled view of the mop,

Qing` partly lrolten away, is a section on line 2)2 oi 'T l, is asection on line 3- o l, :l view or" the inner housing or herr-rile7llig. 5, u ,wertion ot the outer housir or terrule, and

Fin'. S, is a View oli the mop fore-riding; ringv and holder.

ln the drawing,- the rnop handle is marked l, end may he of any hind,the mop part being marked Q, and muy also he or any torni and hind.

ln carrying out'iny invention, l provide a ferrule or housing t having'a lrnurled surh face 5 on a flange part il and carrying a screw threadl2 and provided with a hole 5 this represents the inner verrule orhousing. l also provi de nn outer ilierrule or housing (S, having acontrarted .mouth 9 and rounded ofi top edge 8; at the bottoni thisferrule carries a flange T and suirl terruler is internally screwdthreaded, see screw threads l0. The outer ilferrule (5 Carries :i

5, 1921. Serial No. 513,201.

linurled part 13. l provide a retaining ring as 3 to hold and distributethe threads or strands Which inale up the niop part 9. These parte areunited together in the Ytollowingv manner; rlhe inner terrule lirstslipped down over the inop har reaches its proper position, at thebottoni thereoi1 and a sci-eu is placed through hole 51 toretain thesaid Yerrule on the niop handle; the niop strands 2 are then slippedthrough the ring 3 until the niiddle ot said strane s is reached; theyare then Worked around said ring` 3 until they han@l over the same andforni an annular unitorni mop part; the ring with the mop strands orport 2 is then placed over the handle until the ring` carrying the moppart goes down as far it will resting upon the ledge or flange 1l and onthe inner errule; the outer terrule 6 is then run over the niop handleand screwed down upon the ring and inop strands, sereiving down over theserev threads i2, by reason ot the sei-env threads, l0, screwing;thereon until the flange' or ledge il is tightly engaging against theinops strands andring 3, as shown in lille.

It will he seen by this operation tiff-t 'the niop parts are thuscomplete to 'forni a mop. Vvlhen the handle is broken, or the inop isWorn out, the :terrule G can he unscrr Ed from the :terrule and a neufvhandle or nonv mop part placed in position, the same as heiteredeserioed llt lwill he observed that this will. uralte a Atirst elassand standard inspiring; device, and. the sise et the .inop part een heregulated by `the number of strands used in nnA tir j* the niop p 1.

lhe outer :terrule o is contracte-d at the upper part 9,150 that u morefirm hold is secured on the mop handle, and lov t i is means it is alsokept more tightly in place, and prevented troni ivohhhng' and eenlingloose' this terrule G is also rounded oil at l 8 in order to Lget a1setter hund hold. lit

will also he observed that the terr .e is eut away at let, at its top,so that the flange i5 on the 'lierrule G, et Aits top part han r st uponsaid eut auf'ay part Ll, to niflte a tig-lit, close und serviceablejoint between all said parts. By the terni terrule or housing', a forniof sleeve rneant.

lllhile l have deserihed one speeitic nurn-4 placing iny invention intopractical torni, it nf'ill hereadily observed that l can change the sumeto some extent, and wien ed on said Sleeve, a Second 'ferlnle mpnble tobe understood as not lnniiingg myself 'to o' being screwed down onto theSuid nst the exact construction shown. mentioned sleeve, clamping thering holdng 7What l claim as newY und my invention the mop part tightlyn position.

5 and desire to Secure by Letters Patent is: In testimony whereof, Iaixmy sgnntule n a mop of the olmreete described, :L at Cincinnati,Ohio, this 31st day of Ochandle, a. mop part, a Sleeve Secured to thetobel', 1921.

handle, a ring holding mop Strands snpport- AYE HARRS.

